Offer of Teaching a CERTIFICATE in Web Development

[Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.]

I am offering to teach, over the next few years a full certificate in Web Development.

I am talking about teaching 10 courses each with over 10 weeks of classes, 1 course at a time.

That means, without counting the breaks, over 100 weeks of classes, or 2 years, but of course, there will be breaks, and sometimes, breaks between 2 classes, as I will prepare material.

The certificate will start easy, so that everyone can follow, but the difficulty will rise quickly. You will not have to follow all of the courses, but material covered in previous classes will not be repeated in details.

I have over 15 years of web development experience, and trained several people as developer, but always on a one on one manner. Feedback will be welcomed to improve the material.

Here is the overview of the 10 classes:

Web development certificate

Course 1: Introduction to Web development

- What is Web Development?
- Developer VS Designer mindset
- DNS
- LAMP
- What are the acronyms: HTML, CSS, PHP, REST, GET, POST, XML, JSON, APACHE, HTACCESS, FTP and SCP, CHMOD, etc..

Course 2: HTML and CSS primer for developpers

- Tags
- CSS
- Twitter Bootstrap (why for Developpers)
- Tables
- Lists
- XHTML versus html

Course 3: PHP Introduction

- using PHP in files
- Conditions
- Loops
- Strings and quotes
- String functions
- More string functions
- Array
- XML and JSON
- Regular Expressions: Very very very brief overview and why YOU should not use them
- Algorihtms
- global varibales

Course 4: MySQL: Managing Databases

- What is a Relational Database?
- Why is MySQL so widely used?
- Tables
- Rows
- Basic Operations

Course 5: PHP and MySQL

- mysql PHP functions
- Basic select operations such as:
- Building a table with MySQL
- Using lool-up tables
- Making a data entry form
- Making a data update form

Course 6 : More PHP: Arrays

- You thought you knew everything about Arrays?
- Arrays a fundamental structures
- Multi-Dimensional arrays
- Array Manipulations
- More array secrets

Course 7: Even More PHP: external APIs

- CURL
- Web Services
- Why JSON
- Using REST

Course 8: Building a content management system

- Technical course in which we build, step by step, a custom CMS


Course 9: Responsive Web Design

- What is Responsive Web Design?
- We go back to HTML/CSS and show how to make Responsive Web Design
- Twitter Bootstrap and Responsive Web Desing

Course 10: building a REST api server

- Technical course in which we build, step by step, a custom RESP API server

Disclaimer: Course 9 and/or 10 might be dropped and Course 3 might be split in 2 or 3 courses, during the development of the syllabus, if I feel that Course 3 is too complex to tackle in 1 course.

Is there an interest?

If note, I won't write the material for over 100 lessons and commit, but if at least 3 people sign-up, this might be a go!

PS: If you are afraid but interested, jump in. You might be surprised by what you learn!

[Txosuè Pologn]

I would definitely be interested.

[Munditenens Tresplet]

Same here. I have some experience with basic HTML and XML, but I'm dying to learn more.

[Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.]

Excellent!

The rework of the database is my first priority, but I will start planning the first class to start in a few weeks.

Guys, it is not too late to sign-up, not at all!

[Lüc da Schir]

Yeah, my problem would be to attend regularly the course. It depends from the month it would start. But I'm interested, since I'm currently studying Computer Studies and I already have some pretty rough VBA, C and HTML + CSS skills.

[Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.]

Jul 22, 2013 14:16:43 GMT -6 Lüc da Schir said:

Yeah, my problem would be to attend regularly the course. It depends from the month it would start. But I'm interested, since I'm currently studying Computer Studies and I already have some pretty rough VBA, C and HTML + CSS skills.

My goal is to create a "permanent course": if you do not join on the first week, you can later come back and pick up what you missed until you reach where we are.

Of course, you still have to do the exercices, and they won't get graded in real time, but still...

At my high school, we could learn at our own pace, so I want to reproduce it here.

[Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.]

So, I have 3 students possibly signing up.

I was told to wait until more could be interested.

I want to clarify something The first course:

Course 1: Introduction to Web development

Can be followed without needing to follow the next ones, but it will teach you (hopefully) enough to know a lot more about the ins and outs of the Web.

So, right now, I am taking registrations for that course. People who succeed in it will get the option to follow the 2nd one: Course 2: HTML and CSS primer for developpers

Which will be interesting if only to be able to write basic HTML.

So, people, don't be scared...

[Béneditsch Ardpresteir, O.SPM.]

Count me in too... though have forgotten the BASIC & JAVA that I learnt long ago.

[Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.]

Jul 26, 2013 8:24:10 GMT -6 Béneditsch Ardpresteir, O.SPM. said:

Count me in too... though have forgotten the BASIC & JAVA that I learnt long ago.

That won't be a problem...

[Marti-Pair Furxheir S.H.]

The first lecture of the first course is now online, along with the first assignment!

You can find it here: talossa.proboards.com/thread/8770/lecture-1-introduction-web-development?page=1&scrollTo=104177

[Amada Merþedes]

This still a thing?

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Nope.